There is no doubt that using a drone for measuring stockpiles is a great solution for many companies with inventory spread across large worksites. Whether you fly yourself or have Stockpile Reports fly for you, we believe that completing inventory shouldn’t be a hassle. We created a solution for companies that is straight-forward and simple.
Choose The Best Option for Your Company
It’s important for your company to evaluate whether you want to invest and maintain your own internal drone program or if it would be better to partner with a company that can complete the drone measurements for you.
Do-It-Yourself Drone Flights
Many companies choose to complete their stockpile measurements with their own drones. This solution is perfect for companies that have a couple of worksites within a short drive of each other. You can invest in a drone, get certified, measure your stockpiles, and upload the imagery to Stockpile Reports.
Flying your own drone can be more expensive if your company has worksites across multiple states or even hundreds of miles apart. Consider travel expenses such as meals, vehicle rental, fuel, and lodging costs. This will play a role in the affordability of having your own internal drone program.
Companies also need to consider employee turnover and training expenses. Internal drone pilots must be Part 107 certified to fly a drone for commercial purposes. If an employee leaves the company or is promoted, they take their skills and certification with them, leaving you without a drone pilot. You’ll be responsible for replacing a key player of the organization, getting them trained and certified, and on the road.
However, if you have a few worksites within close proximity to each other, you might find that this is the ideal solution for you. You can still utilize Stockpile Reports for your stockpile volume calculations even if you fly the worksites yourself. It’s really simple to do and only takes a few minutes of your time. While we can’t save you the travel expenses between sites, we can save you a ton of time and provide you with valuable, reliable stockpile inventory data.
Stockpile Reports Flies For You
The alternative to flying your worksites yourself is having Stockpile Reports do it for you.
Companies choose to have us fly for them because it can save them a lot of time, money, and hassle of measuring their stockpile inventory. Customers can log in to the web application, schedule their flights in bulk, across multiple worksites in just a few clicks.
With the digital age upon us, companies are shifting towards automating and digitizing to gain efficiencies. They’re partnering with service providers that offer affordable options to complete once error-prone and time-consuming tasks. This digital shift also has other benefits that can positively impact the business such as gathering reliable and consistent inventory data, implementing better risk management, and eliminating waste.
Benefits of Using a Drone for Measuring Stockpiles
Using drones for measuring stockpiles allows companies to:
- Speed up measurement time
- Remove humans from unsafe spaces
- Capture large, complex piles
- Gather consistent, reliable inventory data
- Make better, more strategic business decisions
Talk to Dustin to learn more.